Belt kit

[SimonM]

that is very cool, did you make that simon or have it made for you ?

No - bought from Tamarack (like most of my gear!) for £50.

I see that you are going to Middlewood - I'll take it along to show you if you like?
Follow the link

http://www.tamarackoutdoors.co.uk/d...ather%20Products&filterc=Leather Products

Simon

 

[dwardo]

Gerber on my left and knife on the right.

Anything else such as tinder/possibles pouch is left close to the fire where i need it and i have pockets for everything else.

 

[Chris G]

Ok folks, why not just go the whole hog...

http://www.tamarackoutdoors.co.uk/d...erb=Bags Filson Shooting Bag 211&filterc=4561

Chris

 

[gunnix]

Gunnix...aaah thats where the "double dangler " comes in you may have hear referred to. Its a second llop of leather attached to a normal belt loop with a D ring. If wearing your pack, use the extra loop and your pouch or kinfe hangs low. If just out for a stroll use the original loop and the stuff rides higher (the second loop just hangs off the bottom of the original loop on the inside and is hidden). If you look in the photo of my kit you can see the double dangler loop showing bhind my knife. The other advantage of the longer loop is that whne you sit down your knife etc tends to swing out of the way rather than dig in.

Red

That double dangler is nice looking, too bad I'm too far in the making of the possibles pouch, it's going to be a dangler .

 

[Gailainne]

Ok folks, why not just go the whole hog...

http://www.tamarackoutdoors.co.uk/d...erb=Bags Filson Shooting Bag 211&filterc=4561

Chris

I'm S.orry but (big but) I would'nt foist that "thing" on a dog, no style, no elegance, no "look at me" no extracting the michael

Stephen

 

[malente]

When out and about, I wear my knife and pouch on the "strong side" and my axe on the "weak side" (cross draw).

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I know no-one else who belt carries an axe, but it works for me with the lightweight Cegga axe (thats what I designed it for). Since its primary use is wood gathering and my hands are full of wood, I like the axe "stowed". On occasions it comes out on the baldric which turns into a "fallen wood" strap and comes home on my belt. It tends to live on my ice axe straps when wearing my pack and traveling and then move to my belt in camp though.

Red

Hi British Red,

I like this setup, a lot! Is the axe and sheath custom made?

Mike

 

[British Red]

Its all custom made by members of this board Mike.

The belt and Pouch are by Leon1, the axe is by Cegga, the axe mask was Singteck and the knife and sheath are by Stu Mitchell and his band of Sheffield gnome craftsmen

Red

 

[markw]

Alright everyone,

Carry nothing on my belt other than a Puukko and that depends on the location.


Mark

 

[sheepdogbob]

The problem with "Bat-belts" is the weight makes you cinch the belt tighter and that can give you back trouble in later life; been there and suffered because of this.
I now have to use braces instead of a tighter belt. Indeed I wear a pair of bib& brace overalls when I'm out walking around, (NOT in town!); and have put all my belt gear in a Burghouse Munro 35, except for my pocket emergancy stuff.
Sorry to be a downer!

 

[Chopper]

This is my EDC kit:

 

[He' s left the building]

I've seen ski-medics at the Nevis Range wearing a chest-mounted harness for radio, etc. I'm guessing that it's easier to get at stuff when wearing ski-wear and it can hold more than pockets.

This might be a solution for anyone who doesn't like heavy belt-ware, but the only examples I've found on EvilBay seem to be the Army type chest-rigs. Possibly too big (the usual one has five large-ish pouches and a map slot) or too military looking for some; but they are available in black or green as well as woodland/DPM cammo.

I often use a large bum-bag on my front when trekking, especially in summer when I don't have the pocket space. Handy for keeping map, compass and bits and pieces immediately to hand without taking my pack off every half-hour. I'm upgrading to a Maxpedition waistpack, but they aren't cheap?!!

 

[Zodiak]

I must be too fat, belts always end up pulling my trousers down.

I do have a bum bag for wearing around camp, thats for an asthma inhaler, phone, lighter, car keys and possibly my SAK attached by a boot lace so I don't loose it.

After dark I tend to keep a mini maglight in it, attached bythe other bootlace.

I tried upgrading to a bigger bum bag with a couple of water bootles attached, but the bottles were crap so I swaped them for siggs and then it kept pulling my trousers down too so I gave it to some skinny b******

 

[malente]

Its all custom made by members of this board Mike.

The belt and Pouch are by Leon1, the axe is by Cegga, the axe mask was Singteck and the knife and sheath are by Stu Mitchell and his band of Sheffield gnome craftsmen

Red

woa I'm impressed!

How much damage would a setup like this do me? I know it's priceless and the value is beyond the monetary, but just out of curiosity (If you don't want to talk numbers in the forum just pm me)...

Anyway, to get to there I'll take my time and I would only concentrate on one piece of kit at a time to see what works for me (basically setting up my basic outdoor/ bushcrafting/ canoeing/ survival kit).

Got a good knife (Fallkniven A1) to start with, though it seems to be a bit big for some tasks...

Next on the list is a good small hatchet I guess.

Mike

 

[spamel]

Malente, speak to Topknot, he did a sheath for my F1 and a possibles pouch for a very reasonable sum. They were both very intricately tooled and the work is fantastic. In fact, his work is that good that I hope to use him again soon for two smaller sheaths for my girls' knives for christmas!

 

[British Red]

Malente,

Well the Axe is one I designed and have done group buys on for BCUK after getting the design right with Cegga - costs about £45 for a (singe craftsman handmade axe) when we have any (which we don't right now). It comes with a basic mask but my mate Singteck mate the belt hanger for me - he's very reasonable but you would have to ask someone else to do one now as he's gone back home for a couple of years.

Leon 1 did the possibles pouch for me - somewhere about the same price as the axe. The belt was less - can't remember about £30 I think.

The knife needed 5 seperate craftsmen to make (including hand engraved nickle silver bolsters, laser blade engraving, custom tooled sheath, specialist heat treatment and of course an entirely custom knife by Stu). Theres a thread on it somehwere showing it made (search on "Precision Field Knife" - I think the thread was called "An Entirely New Knife"). Its the best knife I have ever handled or seen. The price was very reasonable

Red

 

[Spacemonkey]

I just picked up some SADF kit including this interesting beltkit:

It consists of two zipup pouches on the sides that take the 2 litre SADF bottles which also have mag pouches fitted to the side to give a 4 mag carrying capacity, or choccy bars and tea bags if you prefer... . The left pouch has a large FFD pouch on it's rear and the right has a grenade pouch on it's rear. There is a small FFD pouch on the front of the 'belt' on the right. The belt buckle is the quick release type as fitteds to Berghaus Vulcan rucksack belts, a very speedy QR design. The female parts of this buckle are also fitted to a 2" width web strap on the back which suggests a QR buttpack of sorts should be fitted there. All the pouch QR clips are of a unique design I have seen nowhere else, apart from on SADF kit. Also there are loops for shoulder straps/yoke. The build, like all my SADF kit, is very robust and war proof. There are enough pouches to fit all manner of outdoors related paraphenalia, whatever your primary interests. The back of the 'belt' is padded and the whole thing fits comfortably on the hips and would make an excellent civvy style survival/bushcraft beltrig that would not draw much attention. It looks more like photographer's kit than military issue beltkit. And that's no bad thing..

 

[malente]

Malente,

Well the Axe is one I designed and have done group buys on for BCUK after getting the design right with Cegga - costs about £45 for a (singe craftsman handmade axe) when we have any (which we don't right now). It comes with a basic mask but my mate Singteck mate the belt hanger for me - he's very reasonable but you would have to ask someone else to do one now as he's gone back home for a couple of years.

Leon 1 did the possibles pouch for me - somewhere about the same price as the axe. The belt was less - can't remember about £30 I think.

The knife needed 5 seperate craftsmen to make (including hand engraved nickle silver bolsters, laser blade engraving, custom tooled sheath, specialist heat treatment and of course an entirely custom knife by Stu). Theres a thread on it somehwere showing it made (search on "Precision Field Knife" - I think the thread was called "An Entirely New Knife"). Its the best knife I have ever handled or seen. The price was very reasonable

Red

Red,

thanks for the info! I read the thread about your new knife, and I must say, that is one beautiful piece of craftsmanship! Where is the drooling smilie button

Also read your post about the 5£ sharpening kit and the axe sharpening. cool. will look into it, i.e. try to do it.

mike

 

[Pablo]

After a lot of experimenting, I've taken a more minimilist and traditional approach. Just a small leather possibles pouch, my puuko and sometimes a kuksa. I always carry a karibiner on the belt to hook on other items I might need.

I tried a belt rig for tracking but found it impossible to wear with a rucksack and very uncomfortable. For tracking I now just use a muti pocket fishing waistcoat.

Pablo

 

[SOAR]

You have the same knife as me, cracking knife I love the sheath.